Rory O'Connell's Moroccan harira soup

In Marrakesh steaming bowls of Haria are ladled into large bowls every evening in Djemaa el-Fna, a soup that is bursting with chickpeas and spice

Rory O'Connell's Moroccan harira soup

SERVES

4

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

20

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

120

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 110g dried chickpeas, soaked overnight and drained

  • 110g Puy lentils

  • 450g leg or shoulder of lamb, diced into 7mm cubes

  • 175g onion, chopped

  • 1 tsp turmeric

  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon

  • ÂĽ tsp each ground ginger, saffron strands and paprika

  • salt 

  • pepper

  • 50g butter

  • 110g long grain rice

  • 4 large ripe tomatoes, skinned, seeded and chopped

  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh coriander

  • 4 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley

  • lemon quarters, to serve

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